Feeling of Grief and Overwhelming Joy
Has a child ever wandered from you in the supermarket or a pet gotten loose in the neighborhood? The sinking feeling of worry and grief—that
Has a child ever wandered from you in the supermarket or a pet gotten loose in the neighborhood? The sinking feeling of worry and grief—that
Can stress and pain bring about joy? “As you hit your stride, your body releases hormones called endorphins. Popular culture identifies these as the chemicals
Singing is an incredible outlet for what our heart feels. Consider the times you’ve been driving and a song comes on that immediately brings back
You Can’t Take It with You, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into a movie by Frank Capra in 1938, is
In the Netflix series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (created by Robert Carlock and Tina Fey, Netflix, 2015), a resilient trauma survivor is devoted to finding joy
In 1985, Folgers debuted a commercial that they would run every year at Christmastime for the next twelve years. It ran for such a long
If you’ve ever been on a road trip with small children, you know they relentlessly ask, “How much longer till we get there?” It can
The animated movie Trolls describes the overly happy creatures called trolls and the overly negative creatures called Bergens (directed by Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn
As a young woman, Joni Eareckson Tada became a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic due to a diving accident. Through her many years of suffering, Joni has come
Sometimes it can be hard to focus on what is true in a world of lies, or to find what is just when there is
The film About Time starts as a science-fiction story about a time traveler. In the end, the main character has learned how to live in
When we learn how to rejoice in God regularly, it prepares us to be content during the worst times. A seminary professor had a serious
It is amazing how God has hardwired our brains and bodies to even function in ways that reward us following him.
Our attitude of joy is a result of our thanksgiving to God. We should not base our attitude on our circumstances,
A. J. Jacobs, a New York Times bestselling author, is known for his unconventional experiments. In the early 2000s
Living with joy and hope amid pain requires an ability to live in tension. We can’t just deny the pain and pretend like all is
Children have the uncanny ability to express the most sincere and basic reactions to what we might perceive as an insincere and complicated world.
In a piece for The Gospel Coalition, Ryan Hoselton compares the artist Pharrell and Augustine’s views on happiness. “The truth is that viewing happiness as
In answering a question about the motivation for obeying the Lord, Tim Keller said, “In the long run, you should always do the right thing
Every Christian is spiritually gifted in one area or another. In an article for Lifeway, Tom Blackaby describes how to use your spiritual gifts in